Research Centers
The Department is part of and contributes to several renowned centers for innovative research.
Cancer Research Institute Ghent
CRIG’s mission is to stimulate fundamental, translational and clinical cancer research across expertise domains. The idea to launch CRIG was initiated by researchers in our Department, and in 2016 the CRIG consortium was established by the institutions UGent, UZ Gent and VIB-UGent, that engaged to join forces to face the challenges in the treatment of cancer.
Besides stimulating collaboration between cancer researchers in Ghent, CRIG interacts with other research institutes, foundations, industrial partners, and the broad public.
- CRIG website
- CRIG on Twitter
- CRIG on LinkedIn
- CRIG on Facebook
- CRIG on Instagram
- Subscribe to the CRIG newsletter
Center for Medical Genetics Ghent
Over the years, the Center for Medical Genetics Ghent has acquired an internationally recognized expertise in the genetic analysis of certain inherited diseases and a number of cancers, such as heritable connective tissue disease and skeletal dysplasias, neurofibromatosis, oftalmo-genetic disorders, neuroblastoma, leukemia and breast cancer.
High throughput techniques now allow DNA sequencing with unprecedented speed. In addition to further disease gene identification in inherited disorders and cancer, a number of longstanding challenges in genetic research can now be tackled, such as the study of clinical and genetic heterogeneity observed in many heritable (monogenetic) disorders, the complex interaction of genes involved in the development of cancer and the identification of genetic factors underlying multifactorial disorders.
Flemish Institute for Biotechnology